19Synonyms found for propaganda

Word Origin & History

propaganda 1718, from Mod.L. propaganda, short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide "congregation for propagating the faith," committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions, prop. abl. fem. gerundive of L. propagare (see propagation). Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative.

Example Sentences for propaganda

They would be the ones to invest the big money into a propaganda campaign to convince less educated people that it was a hoax.

And left wing propaganda poses little threat to students who never actually read it.

It has become a major, defining moment, for those who pursue the political and social propaganda.

Possibly more interesting as propaganda than playwriting.

The right-wing propaganda machine that has snowed you under, that's where.

It's claimed experimental verification is nothing but propaganda.

Among these reasons one of the first places belongs to false ideas and theories propaganda.

Then there's photo manipulation, once a rarefied propaganda technique.

Think of the propaganda on all sides that bias the eye witnesses.

We who are old-fashioned enough to call a crime a crime are labeled as warmongers or hypocrites or dupes of propaganda.